Later, on February 15, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Cardinal Lacunza from the position of Bishop of David in Panama, two weeks after his disappearance.
This occurred 9 days before Cardinal Lacunza turned 80, which meant he was no longer an elector in an eventual conclave to elect the new Pope.
It is still not known precisely what happened to Cardinal Lacunza or why the authorities of the Catholic Church and civil authorities remain silent about it. Nor is it known what Bishop David’s “mischief” would have been, as he himself called what happened to him.